biography of William KENTRIDGE (1955)

Personal data


Birth : 1955 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : South Africa

Address

Johannesburg, South Africa

Representatives

Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
The Goodman Gallery – 163 Jan Smuts Avenue – Johannesburg, South Africa


Education

1973 – 1976 : WITS University of the Witwatersrand (BA) – Private Bag 3, WITS – Johannesburg, South Africa
1976 – 1978 : Johannesburg Art Fondation – Johannesburg, South Africa
1981 – 1982 : Ecole Jacques Lecoq – Paris, France

Professional data


Other professions

Production manager – Theatre

Film Director

Actor

1979 – 1981 : Professor – Drawing
Johannesburg Art Fondation – Johannesburg, South Africa

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mixed media
Print-Multiple : Aquatint - Drypoint - Engraving - Lithograph - Poster
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze
Photography : Photograph in colors
Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal - Collage - Watercolour
Audiovisual-Multimedia : 35 mm film - DVD - Film - Video - Video installation

Works

Stereoscope
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Film
 
Echo
Date of creation : 1998
Medium : Film
 
Ubu Tell the Truth
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Film
 
Weighing and Wanting
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Film
 
History of the Main Complaint
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Film
 
Felix in Exile
Date of creation : 1994
Medium : 35 mm film
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2008

Marian Goodman Gallery – Paris, France
04/26/2008

2005

3 films de la série Drawings for projection:History of the main complaint, 1996, Weighing…and wanting, 1998, Stereoscope, 1999
Le Parvis Centre d’Art Contemporain – Ibos, France
05/11/2005 – 06/18/2005

William Kentridge et la Procession
Le Quai Ecole d’art/design de Mulhouse et de Haute-Alsace – Mulhouse, France
03/08/2005 – 03/30/2005

2004

Musée-Château de la Communauté de l’agglomération d’Annecy – Annecy, France
10/28/2004 – 01/31/2005

Marian Goodman Gallery – Paris, France
10/23/2004 – 12/04/2004

Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rivoli TO, Italy
01/10/2004 – 02/29/2004

2002

South African National Gallery – Cape Town, South Africa
12/07/2002 – 03/23/2003

LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
07/21/2002 – 10/06/2002

CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum Houston – Houston TX, United States
03/02/2002 – 06/02/2002

2001

MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
10/2001 – 01/06/2002

William Kentridge
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
10/20/2001 – 01/20/2002

The New Museum of Contemporary Art – New York NY, United States
2001

Marian Goodman Gallery – Paris, France
09/08/2001 – 10/20/2001

1999

MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
1999

Project at the Project Room
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1999

1998

Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – Brussels, Belgium
1998

The Drawing Center – New York NY, United States
1998

1997

Applied Drawings
Goodman Gallery – Johannesburg, South Africa
1997

1996

Edophusikon
Annandale Galleries – Sydney NSW, Australia
1996

1994

Felix in Exile
Goodman Gallery – Johannesburg, South Africa
1994

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galleria Lia Rumma – Vía Vennella Gaetani 12 – Naples NA, Italy

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : The Goodman Gallery – 163 Jan Smuts Avenue – Johannesburg, South Africa

sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : Greg Kucera Gallery – 212 Third Avenue S – Seattle WA, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : The Goodman Gallery – 163 Jan Smuts Avenue – Johannesburg, South Africa

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : The Goodman Gallery – 163 Jan Smuts Avenue – Johannesburg, South Africa

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Greg Kucera Gallery – 212 Third Avenue S – Seattle WA, United States

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

ACAF 8 – Australian Contemporary Art Fair / Melbourne Art Fair
Royal Exhibition Building – Melbourne VIC, Australia
10/02/2002 – 10/06/2002
Represented by : Annandale Galleries – 110 Trafalgar Street – Annandale NSW, Australia

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Belloc Lowndes Fine Art – 835 West Washington, 2nd Floor – Chicago IL, United States

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

Art Miami, n° 11
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/22/2001
Represented by : Belloc Lowndes Fine Art – 835 West Washington, 2nd Floor – Chicago IL, United States

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Belloc Lowndes Fine Art – 835 West Washington, 2nd Floor – Chicago IL, United States

2000

ACAF 7 – Australian Contemporary Art Fair / Melbourne Art Fair
Royal Exhibition Building – Melbourne VIC, Australia
10/04/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Annandale Galleries – 110 Trafalgar Street – Annandale NSW, Australia

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom


Group exhibitions

2008

le dessin éveillé I
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Picardie – Amiens, France
02/04/2008 – 06/20/2008

Un monde d’images
Galerie nationale de la tapisserie – Beauvais, France
01/23/2008 – 05/18/2008

2007

Lignes de corps
Maison des Arts et Loisirs – Laon, France
03/23/2007 – 05/23/2007

2004

De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004

Les Afriques
Lille, France
03/31/2004 – 08/08/2004

Public / Private Tumatanui / Tumataiti – 2nd Auckland Triennial
Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tamaki – Auckland, New Zealand
03/20/2004 – 05/30/2004

2003

Transferts
Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – Brussels, Belgium
06/21/2003 – 09/14/2003

6th Sharjah Arts International Biennal
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
04/08/2003 – 05/08/2003

Next Flag
BPS 22 – Charleroi, Belgium
03/15/2003 – 05/18/2003

2002

L’Art Mol et Raide…
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/18/2002 – 08/01/2003

Récits
Abbaye Saint-André – Centre d’Art Contemporain – Meymac, France
07/07/2002 – 10/27/2002

Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002

2001

Animations
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
2001

Works on paper from Acconci to Zittel
Victoria Miro Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2001

Mega Wave : Towards a New Synthesis – Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art
Yokohama, Japan
09/02/2001 – 11/11/2001

2000

Más cerca uno del otro – 7a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
11/17/2000 – 01/05/2001

Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000

1999

The Passion and the Wave – 6th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
09/17/1999 – 10/30/1999

d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999

1998

Five South African Artists – 7th International Month of Photography Fotofest
Vine Street Studios – Houston TX, United States
1998

Roteiros – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°24
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/03/1998 – 12/13/1998

1997

Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997

Documenta X
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/21/1997 – 09/28/1997

El individuo y su memoria – 6a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
05/03/1997 – 06/08/1997

1996

Jurassic Technologies Revenant – Biennale of Sydney n°10
Sydney NSW, Australia
07/27/1996 – 09/22/1996

1995

Orientation : The Vision of Art in A Paradoxical World – 4th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
11/10/1995 – 12/10/1995

Objects of Defiance, Spaces of Contemplation – Africus ’95 – 1st Johannesburg Biennale
Museum Africa – Johannesburg, South Africa
02/28/1995 – 04/30/1995

1993

Aperto 93 – 45° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1993

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Exhibition catalogues

2000

Man + Space Kwangju Biennale
Publisher: Kwangju Biennale Press – San 151-10 – Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
ISBN : 8987719049

1999

La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X


Monographies

1999

William Kentridge
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Coetzee J.M
1999


Periodicals

2004

TANSINI Laura – Exhibition reviews
in: Art on Paper n° 8-4 p. 79
New York NY, United States
03/2004-04/2004

2002

WILSON-GOLDIE Kaelen – William Kentridge
in: Art & Auction p. 100
New York NY, United States
03/2002-04/2002

MÜLLER Silke – Documenta 11
in: Art das Kunstmagazin p. 14
Hamburg, Germany
06/2002

F.S. – William Kentridge
in: The Art Newspaper n° 123 p. 7
London, United Kingdom
03/2002

Legals